Civil war and hard times tokens thread?

I have been very lucky the last several month's to be able to add a few to my collection of Merchant tokens.

1850 C Leighton Shirt Manufacturer, white metal




1860 Silver Oswego Marshall's




1860 E. Hill Dealer in Coins, copper




1860 Miller NY-818 Brass F.B. Smith & Hartmann PCGS

 

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Very nice additions with great toning on the Hill and Marshall pieces. I always loved off-metal tokens, especially in white metal. BTW, M.L. Marshall also issued some counterstamped coins which would make a neat companion piece to your token.

Bruce

 

Recent pick-up Civil War Token
Gen. G. B. McClellan Kickerbocker Currency
Minted slightly off center.
I guess XF to slight AU

 

Found another Civil War Token on eBay
Gen. G. B. McClellan
United States Copper
Sellers pic was slightly blurry out of focus.
I took a chance for a little over $20.
I guess XF to slight AU

 

Nice batch of McClellans you have there McBlzr. How about leaving some for the rest of us?

 

Only one I own ... (click photos to enlarge)


1840 Marten Van Buren 8th US President HT 75




Andrew Jackson’s handpicked successor, Martin Van Buren, sought his second term in 1840. Van Buren’s term as President was marred by the financial 'Panic of 37', and corresponding banking issues inherited from Andrew Jackson’s dismantling of the Second Bank of the United States. Van Buren’s solution to the banking controversy was what he termed an Independent Sub-Treasury, a bank of deposit for Federal funds which would be independent of commercial bank speculative investments. He touted his banking solution on the medal

 

I have been bidding off on, for a McClellan CWT in nice condition, but not successfully. I have it on my "to buy" list at the January FUN Show. I would like a XF-AU myself. What's the current going price? I may have to add a little more to the kitty.

 

I'm not sure if I have posted these Tilden Political's or not but I was able to add a few white metal examples to the lot of them.

Samuel J. Tilden: Rare satirical 1876 campaign token, SJT 1876-9 in DeWitt/Sullivan. Gold-plated brass




Samuel J. Tilden: Very scarce variant in copper, SJT 1876-7 in DeWitt/Sullivan



Three Anti Tilden Campaign Medals. Sullivan-DeWitt SJT 1876-5 -6 - 7 all in white metal and 28 mm, produced by George H. Lovett for Isaac F. Wood of New York

 

The Wide Awakes were a political club that emerged across the North, during the election of 1860.
They were organized in support of the campaign of Abraham Lincoln.

Appealing mainly to those in their teens, twenties, and thirties, the Wide Awakes took on an organized military form.
They wore uniforms and had ranks and duties. These young men were motivated by the contentious sectional politics of the 1850s.
Their organization and militaristic nature alarmed the South and helps to explain the fierce opposition to Lincoln’s election.


The group began in Connecticut and probably numbered around 100,000 nationwide. This number would be around 1 million in terms
of the current-day population. Its organization spread across new communication channels, and in May of 1860
the marching of the Chicago Wide Awakes at the Republican National Convention introduced the organization to the nation





This is another Lincoln Political

 

1837 Half Cent of Copper HT-73 NGC MS64BN

 

I finally found a nice example of the "large date" Fuld die #173...



I thought it was a pretty nice match for my other similar die pair tokens.

 

Hi Brandon, I was not aware of the variety "large date"
Thats pretty cool

 

Beautiful selections Brandon

Here's one I don't think I have ever posted here...

 

Yep, the 173 is basically the "large date" version of the 174 die. The lettering also differs around the statue of Washington. The 174/272a is the most graded of all of the patriotic Civil War tokens by NGC (they report 217 BN and 34 RB in their census -- 2 in MS67, and 15 in MS66). While they only report 21 graded examples all BN of the 173/272a token -- 3 in MS65BN and none higher.

Despite both tokens being rated R1, the 173/272a is most assuredly more difficult to find in gem than the 174. I've been looking for nearly 4 years for one I liked.

 

One of my favorite varieties. [emoji4]

 

A few new pickups.

HT-176 R3 Francis L. Brigham Cheapside, New Bedford





HT-304 R2 Phalon's Hair Cutting, New York with comb and scissors

 

I have not seen a half cent denomination. Were they common?

 

I got another Gen. Geo. B. McClellan Civil War Token

The scratch on the reverse is on the cellophane of the 2x2 flip

 

I acquired this small hoard a few years ago, all are Uncirculated and for sale if anyone is interested Y3C Non-Local - Contrahendo et Solvendo, 1857 (The so-called Suspender Button Token)

 

As a new member, I'm sure your not aware of restrictions for selling any item within a posted thread. You can only sell or offer to trade in the "For Sale Forum" The one requirement is you must have ten posts in any forum before it is allowed. With your current 28 posts, you more than qualify.

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